CPE: (Centrally Planned Economies)
China, Cuba, Korea North, Mongolia, Vietnam
World Regions: (according to IIASA / UN)
CAS - Central Asia:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
CPA - Centrally Planned Asia & China:
Cambodia, China, Korea North, Laos, Mongolia, Vietnam
EEU - Eastern Europe:
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia
FSU - Former Soviet Union:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, Ukraine
LAM - Latin America:
Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
MEA - Middle East:
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
NAF - North Africa:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia
NAM - North America:
Bermuda, Canada, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Unites States of America
PAO - Pacific OECD:
Australia, Japan, New Zealand
PAS - Pacific Asia:
American Samoa, Brunei, East Timor, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Kiribati, Korea South, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Phillippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Western Samoa
SAS - South Asia:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
SSA - Sub-Saharan Africa:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo D.R., Congo Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopa, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, St. Helena, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
WEU - Western Europe:
Andorra, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
Apart from these, the memberships of various countries in different economic blocks or other cartel-like associations were taken into consideration.
